California / Merced County
#22 of 58 CA counties · 77 structures
Cell towers in Merced County, CA
The FCC registry lists 77 constructed antenna structures in Merced County, 1% of California's 6,864. Ownership is spread across 35 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 17 (22%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 37 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 77
- 2Tallest 543 ft
- 3Largest owner Crown Castle
- 4Median height (state 77 ft) 150 ft
Who owns the towers in Merced County
35 different registrants own the 77 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name this site withholds. Owner names are the registrant's legal entity as filed with the FCC; the large tower companies file under many subsidiary names, which this site groups into families where the brand is in the name or listed in the company's SEC filings.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 150 feet, 73 feet taller than the California median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Merced at 543 feet, built in 1974. More than in any other decade, 36% were built in the 1990s.
Every registered structure
Sorted tallest first. The registration number opens the FCC record, which shows the exact location and the owner's contact for the structure. A tower on your land that is not in this list is probably under 200 feet and away from airports, so it did not need registering — see why some towers aren't listed.
| FCC reg. | Type | Height | Built | City | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1021992 | Tower | 543 ft | 1974 | Merced | MERCED RADIO PARTNERS LP |
| 1024397 | Tower | 434 ft | 1992 | Le Grand | La Favorita Radio Network, Inc. |
| 1031927 | Tower | 419 ft | 1993 | Merced City | American Towers, LLC |
| 1017174 | Tower | 415 ft | 2000 | Los Banos | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1022164 | Tower | 356 ft | 1992 | Atwater | SMG-Merced, LLC |
| 1021991 | Mast | 353 ft | 1997 | Merced | Crown Castle |
| 1239176 | Tower | 350 ft | 2003 | Merced | Crown Castle |
| 1014641 | Tower | 323 ft | 1982 | Livingston | KNTO, Inc. |
| 1018704 | Tower | 319 ft | 1991 | Atwater | CCATT LLC |
| 1015154 | Guyed tower | 311 ft | 1993 | Stevinson | American Towers LLC |
| 1013307 | Lattice tower | 300 ft | 2012 | Merced | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1017176 | Tower | 288 ft | 1991 | Merced | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1016430 | Tower | 259 ft | 1988 | Merced | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1011708 | Guyed tower | 241 ft | 1975 | Merced | Crown Castle |
| 1018703 | Tower | 235 ft | 1993 | Chowchilla | CCATT LLC |
| 1221788 | Tower | 210 ft | 2001 | Dos Palos | CCATT LLC |
| 1015678 | Other or unspecified | 203 ft | 1986 | Los Banos | ETHNIC RADIO OF LOS BANOS INC |
| 1015679 | Other or unspecified | 203 ft | 1986 | Los Banos | ETHNIC RADIO OF LOS BANOS INC |
| 1015680 | Other or unspecified | 203 ft | 1986 | Los Banos | ETHNIC RADIO OF LOS BANOS INC |
| 1022474 | Tower | 200 ft | 1993 | Cressey | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1262751 | Tower | 198 ft | 2004 | Los Banos | CCATT LLC |
| 1017175 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 1993 | Gustine | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1013854 | Tower | 185 ft | 2001 | Atwater | New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC |
| 1051085 | Lattice tower | 180 ft | 2001 | Merced | American Towers LLC |
| 1286636 | Lattice tower | 180 ft | 1998 | Cressey | American Towers LLC |
| 1014324 | Monopole | 172 ft | 1993 | Merced | Pacific Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T California |
| 1017690 | Tower | 167 ft | 1995 | Santa Nella | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1262198 | Tower | 167 ft | 2008 | Los Banos | City of Los Banos |
| 1203378 | Tower | 165 ft | 2000 | Elnido | GoldenState Towers, LLC |
| 1051076 | Tower | 163 ft | 2001 | Los Banos | American Towers LLC |
| 1058189 | Lattice tower | 157 ft | 1998 | Los Banos | CCTM1 LLC |
| 1271946 | Lattice tower | 157 ft | 2003 | Hilmar | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1289730 | Monopole | 157 ft | 2013 | Merced | Merced County Office of Education |
| 1015564 | Tower | 156 ft | 1980 | Merced | PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY |
| 1051072 | Lattice tower | 151 ft | 1996 | Los Banos | American Towers LLC |
| 1051091 | Lattice tower | 150 ft | 1996 | Delhi | American Towers LLC |
| 1051094 | Tower | 150 ft | 1996 | Chowchilla | American Towers LLC |
| 1204415 | Lattice tower | 150 ft | 1997 | Winton | American Towers LLC |
| 1204418 | Lattice tower | 150 ft | 1997 | Gustine | American Towers LLC |
| 1223679 | Tower | 150 ft | 2001 | Merced | American Towers LLC |
| 1017049 | Tower | 149 ft | 1996 | Atwater | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1201009 | Tower | 148 ft | 1999 | Dos Palos | American Towers LLC |
| 1051073 | Tower | 145 ft | 1996 | Los Banos | American Towers LLC |
| 1239675 | Pole | 137 ft | 2003 | Atwater | PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY |
| 1284708 | Tower | 137 ft | 1994 | Los Banos | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1305906 | Monopole | 132 ft | 2018 | Merced | California RSA No. 4 Limited Partnership |
| 1217932 | Tower | 126 ft | 2001 | Delhi | American Towers LLC |
| 1235987 | Tower | 120 ft | 2003 | Merced | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1253679 | Tower | 120 ft | 2004 | Winton | T-Mobile West Tower LLC |
| 1258307 | Tower | 120 ft | 2006 | La Grand | SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC |
| 1009196 | On a building | 116 ft | 1997 | Merced | California RSA No. 4 Limited Partnership |
| 1311952 | Monopole | 115 ft | 2019 | Los Banos | American Towers LLC |
| 1331765 | Monopole | 110 ft | 2026 | Los Banos | PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY |
| 1320519 | Pole | 109 ft | 2022 | Merced | California RSA No. 4 Limited Partnership |
| 1228901 | Tower | 106 ft | 2009 | Merced | Crown Castle |
| 1259052 | Tower | 105 ft | 2007 | Merced | SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC |
| 1276593 | Pole | 105 ft | 2011 | Los Banos | Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC |
| 1318075 | Monopole | 105 ft | 2017 | Gustine | Skyway Towers, LLC |
| 1332435 | Monopole | 105 ft | 2026 | Los Banos | The Towers, LLC |
| 1288440 | Monopole | 103 ft | 2004 | Livingston | T-Mobile West Tower LLC |
| 1293479 | Pole | 100 ft | 2015 | Merced | California RSA No. 4 Limited Partnership |
| 1297684 | On a building | 100 ft | 1990 | Merced | Pacific Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T California |
| 1315673 | Monopole | 100 ft | 2020 | Merced | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1059128 | Pole | 98 ft | 1997 | Merced | CCATT LLC |
| 1308383 | Monopole | 96 ft | 2020 | Los Banos | California RSA No. 4 Limited Partnership |
| 1013240 | Tower | 93 ft | 1995 | Atwater | CALIFORNIA, STATE OF |
| 1031924 | Monopole | 93 ft | 1997 | Merced | American Towers LLC |
| 1013295 | Pole | 92 ft | 1958 | Atwater | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1300705 | Pole | 90 ft | 2017 | Merced | California RSA No. 4 Limited Partnership |
| 1298806 | Monopole | 85 ft | 2016 | Merced | APC Towers, LLC |
| 1273002 | Tower | 84 ft | 2010 | Los Banos | CALIFORNIA, STATE OF |
| 1236482 | Pole | 83 ft | 2002 | Merced | PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY |
| 1317943 | Pole | 83 ft | 2021 | Merced | VERTICAL BRIDGE TOWERS V, LLC |
| 1301616 | Lattice tower | 82 ft | 1975 | Santa Nella | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
| 1315898 | Monopole | 75 ft | 2021 | Los Banos | California RSA No. 4 Limited Partnership |
| 1273786 | Tower | 66 ft | 1975 | Ballico | City of Turlock |
| 1246253 | Tower | 33 ft | 2004 | Los Banos | Los Banos Municipal Airport |
If you have a tower lease in Merced County
Find your structure above, open its FCC record and confirm the owner — that is the company your lease runs to today, even if a different carrier signed it originally. Before answering a buyout offer, put your current rent, escalator and remaining term into the calculator to see what the rent is worth and what return the offer assumes.
Counties in California with similar tower counts: Kings County (93), Stanislaus County (93), Solano County (78), Placer County (77), San Luis Obispo County (72).
Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); constructed registrations only; locations rounded. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.